Test 1: Human sciences

​Test prep: Human Sciences

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Multiple Select

Which ones ARE true for history?

• it is subjective

• it is only based on objective facts

• people sometimes have different opinions about it

• it focuses on humans

Multiple Choice

Which one is true for history

• It is not a school subject

• charašo ty bunde?

• it is a study of the human past

• There are no objective facts in history

​History is

• a subject

• ​study of the human past

• the past the way we know/remember it​

• based on facts but mixed with different interpretations

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Multiple Choice

Which of these is WRONG?

• 1235 = 13th century

• 1789 = 18th century

• 1243 = 2nd millenium

• 55 BC = 1st century

Do not forget to add BC if the date is also BC

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Multiple Choice

Pick the term/word that is NOT officially used for a certain source

• written source

• picture source

• spoken source

​- We recognize PRIMARY (original) sources and SECONDARY (later sources which use primary sources)

+ picture, oral, and written sources (and artefacts)​

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Multiple Choice

Which combination could seem a bit strange?

• coin = picture/written source

• frescoes = picture sources

• recording = oral source

• weapons = written source

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Which are correct for PERIODS in history?

• Antiquity starts with invention of writing

• Contemporary Era comes before Modern Age(s)

• You can say that the rediscovery of America by Columbus ended the Middle Ages

• French revolution = first event of antiquity

​Most historians say that THE MIDDLE AGES start in 476 (the fall of Rome) and end when

• Christopher Columbus arrives in America (1492)

• J. Gutenberg invents the printing press (1450s)

• Constantinople/Byzantine Empire falls (1453)​

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Multiple Choice

The prime Meridian passes through

• USA

• the capital of Russia

• Greenwich, London

• this classroom

Multiple Choice

Imagine you have a piece of paper with a square map of the world on your desk. Which one is not correct?

• the north = up

• the south = down

• the west = left

• the east = left

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I am ready now.

• yes

• yep

• yeah

• no